2022 Senate Bill 1166 / Public Act 211

Revise foster care and adoption child placement provisions

Introduced in the Senate

Sept. 15, 2022

Introduced by Sen. Curtis VanderWall (R-35)

To revise child placement provisions in the foster care and adoption services law, by establishing that if a child is removed from his or her home, the agency in charge must within 30 days identify, locate, notify, and consult with relatives, with the goal of seeking to place the child with a fit and appropriate relative who meets the standards and is related within the fifth degree by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services

Sept. 20, 2022

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Passed in the Senate 35 to 1 (details)

To revise child placement provisions in the foster care and adoption services law requiring that if a child is removed from his or her home, the agency in charge must within 30 days identify, locate, notify, and consult with relatives, with the goal of seeking to place the child with a fit and appropriate relative who meets the standards. The bill would require a child be placed with an adult who meets the standards and is related to the child within the fifth degree by blood, marriage, or adoption.

Received in the House

Sept. 21, 2022

Sept. 28, 2022

Passed in the House 104 to 2 (details)

Signed by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

Oct. 7, 2022